Hypertext Webster Gateway: "demised"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Demise \De*mise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demised}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Demising}.]
1. To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to
grant or bestow by will; to bequeath. ``Power to demise my
lands.'' --Swift.
What honor Canst thou demise to any child of mine?
--Shak.
2. To convey; to give. [R.]
His soul is at his conception demised to him.
--Hammond.
3. (Law) To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.
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